Jez Bird

Seabird ecologist, PhD student at the University of Queensland, independent consultant.

[Jez Bird @_jezbird]

Our new paper provides contemporary population estimates of four #petrel species on #MacquarieIsland - the first since #InvasiveSpecies eradication. Antarctic Prions are most widespread and we found many new colonies of recolonising Blue and Grey Petrels.

https://t.co/2bS0BNHpzp

[Justine Shaw @justine_d_shaw]

About 1/3 of all seabirds nest underground. They’re challenging to survey. We studied 4 spp of burrowing #seabird on one island. Different approaches were needed to estimate populations of #petrels despite their similar ecology. Transects, targeted searches & #modeling @_jezbird

[Jez Bird @_jezbird]

2) Choices between #survey design and type of #analysis are best informed by prior information on species abundance and distribution.

[Jez Bird @_jezbird]

1) Despite #petrel surveys using the same cue - burrow entrances - different types of survey and analysis are needed when species' abundances and patterns of distribution vary markedly.

[Ecography @EcographyJourna]

Generating unbiased estimates of burrowing seabird populations
https://t.co/0QGnhWIUuH

[Jez Bird @_jezbird]

@justine_d_shaw @JaszzyJas Ah, thank goodness. I'll have to sto my Coles allegiance.

[Leanne Wicker @LeanneWicker]

#OldGrowth #SouthernForests #Swifties

[Bill Sutherland @Bill_Sutherland]

Link to yesterday's Guardian (thanks Mark Spalding) on stranded assets as society moves from fossil fuels. Here is 2014 Horizon scanning paper. This just isn't being smug - is another example of how horizon scanning routinely identifies forthcoming changes
https://t.co/HzcKlnFaVL

[Jez Bird @_jezbird]

@RocioBahia2 @AudioMoth @Grinbic @RocioBahia2 I saw your question on the @OpenAcoustics forum about range for detecting parrots. We'd like to use #Audiomoth for Swift Parrots in Tasmania. Do you have any results from field testing?

[Jez Bird @_jezbird]

Critical Swift Parrot habitat resides in lutruwita / Tasmanian logging coupe DN007B. Add your name to tell Logging Minister Guy Barnett to make it a true sanctuary & declare it “Swift Parrot Important Breeding Area” not a clearfell. #SPIBA https://t.co/aDVyH6OU1y

[Jez Bird @_jezbird]

@ro_martin @BobBrownFndn @TasLiberal @PeterGutwein @teamswiftparrot Fantastic science by #ANU scientists and others has shown us what needs to be done, but the gov't is yet to act in a decisive way.

[Jez Bird @_jezbird]

Joined @BobBrownFndn surveying Critically Endangered Swift Parrots in Tasmania's old growth forests under imminent threat of logging. This bird visiting its nest is in forest due to be clear-felled in 2022.

[Jez Bird @_jezbird]

@ro_martin @BobBrownFndn @TasLiberal @PeterGutwein @teamswiftparrot So, the madness continues! Dedicated activists are taking direct action but there's little public profile here of ongoing logging and the embarassment this is to all of us in Australia.

[Jez Bird @_jezbird]

@ro_martin @BobBrownFndn @TasLiberal @PeterGutwein @teamswiftparrot @ParrotTrust Finally, hopefully the #COP26 pledge to end deforestation by 2030, which Australia has signed up to, will help end logging and protect Swift Parrots: https://t.co/lviBI8ew4b

[Jez Bird @_jezbird]

@ro_martin @BobBrownFndn @TasLiberal @PeterGutwein @teamswiftparrot @ro_martin anything that @ParrotTrust can do to raise awareness of the issue would be fantastic.